Re: Translation related questions

Hans Öfverbeck wrote:
> 
> 1.
> Is "Preview" used as a noun or a verb in the following message(s) ?
> 
> >
> > #: src/utilops.c:1945 src/utilops.c:2038
> > msgid "Preview"
> 
> If it is used as a noun in one place and as a verb in the other I must
> ask if it is possible to make the strings differ (perhaps a colon could be
> if it is used as a noun). The reason I request this is that "preview" is
> translated differently to Swedish depending on if it is a noun or a verb.

Please translate it as a noun (as used in the column title). I have removed the
"Preview" button and made the preview column auto-update. The button was just
temporary until the auto-update function was implemented.

> 2.
> I'm a bit confused about the when to use "folder" and when to use
> "directory", but the examples below seem a bit unconsistent to me:
> 
> Pressing the text:
> 
> > #: src/layout_util.c:701
> > msgid "/File/N_ew folder..."
> >
> Makes a dialog appear with the text:
> 
> >
> > #: src/utilops.c:2258
> > #, c-format
> > msgid ""
> > "Create directory in:\n"
> > "%s\n"
> > "named:"
> 
> In the preferences window, "General" tab:
> 
> > #: src/preferences.c:877
> > msgid "Initial directory"
> >
> > #: src/preferences.c:887
> > msgid "On startup, change to this directory:"
> 
> Preferences window, "Advanced" tab:
> 
> > #: src/preferences.c:1299
> > msgid "Folder:"
> 
> When poking around to see if some convention existed in this
> matter I found the GNOME style guide:
> http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/
> which contains "definitions" of folder and directory:
> http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/x10997.html

GQview should use folder everywhere, to be consistent. But the strings are
frozen now, so please do the best you can, feel free to change them all to
folder in your translations.

Greetings,
John

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